INVESCO SOLAR ETF, $36.02, is a buy for aggressive investors. The ETF (New York symbol TAN; buy or sell through brokers) tracks solar-related companies (including technology firms and utilities) listed on global exchanges.


Its top holdings are First Solar (China; solar panels), 9.9%; NEXTracker Inc....

If you’re looking for ETFs with quality holdings and exceptionally low fees, then Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group offers you strong options.


Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers over $9.0 trillion U.S., spread across 430 mutual funds and ETFs....

MANULIFE FINANCIAL, $45.41, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $79. billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.5%; www.manulife.ca) will see president and CEO Roy Gori retire in May 2025, with Phil Witherington then succeeding him.


After he steps down, Gori will serve as an advisor through August 31, 2025, to support the transition.


Witherington has been a member of Manulife’s executive leadership team since 2017, serving as CFO for five years before moving to his current role as president and CEO of Manulife Asia.


Witherington’s role with Manulife Asia—plus his positions with KPMG in London and Hong Kong prior to joining the company—bodes well for Manulife’s prospects....

Most of Pembina’s pipelines operate under long-term contracts. That helps lower the company’s risk in today’s uncertain economy. That also results in a high, sustainable dividend yield for shareholders. At the same time, the dependable income bolsters the stock’s appeal and supports its share price.


PEMBINA PIPELINE, $56.44, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares outstanding: 580.5 million; Market cap: $32.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 4.9%; www.pembina.com) is an energy transportation and midstream service provider that has served North America’s energy industry for 70 years....

Corteva offers you exposure to key agricultural growth areas given its leadership in the corn and soybean markets and its strong position in crop protection products. While those markets can be volatile due to weather and economic conditions, the company’s size, geographic and product diversification, and solid balance sheet mitigate those risks.

Note that the stock, itself, is a spinoff....

WABTEC CORPORATION, $200.62, symbol WAB on New York, provides equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for the freight and transit rail industries, as well as mining, marine and industrial markets.

Wabtec is short for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies....

EXTENDICARE INC., $10.62, is a buy. The company (symbol EXE on Toronto), owns and operates long-term care homes. Investors also tap the company’s ParaMed Home Health Care branches. ParaMed provides nursing care and other forms of assistance to clients who remain in their own homes.

Extendicare has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Revera Inc....

TC ENERGY INC., $68.26, Toronto symbol TRP, is a buy.

On October 1, 2024, TC completed the spinoff of its oil pipeline business as separate company South Bow Corp. (see below). Investors received 0.2 of a South Bow share for every TC share they held....

BOMBARDIER INC., Toronto symbols BBD.A $96.77 and BBD.B $96.77, is still a hold for aggressive investors.

The company now focuses solely on making private luxury and business jet planes following the sale of its passenger railcar business to France’s Alstom SA in January 2021.

The stock fell 7% this week after U.S....

EMBECTA CORP., $20.83, Nasdaq symbol EMBC, remains a buy.

On April 1, 2022, Becton Dickinson & Co. (New York symbol BDX) spun off its Diabetes Care business as a separate, publicly traded firm called embecta. Investors received one share of embecta for every five common shares of Becton they held.

The new company makes insulin syringes, insulin pens and related products....